Today The Daily Telegraph's Job supplement lead with a story about Moles netting cash bonuses for referrals. This is great news for corporate employee referral schemes and our 'Moles' who are eligible to refer candidates to their corporate's recruitment process.

As well as putting the spotlight on TheCareerMole.com, Zubka.com was mentioned so we thought we'd highlight the difference between the two referral offerings.

TheCareerMole.com, together with MoleResourcing.com, are bolt-on platforms for corporates to use to unlock, and maximise the numbers they recruit through their in-house 'employee referral programme'. At the other end of the spectrum, Zubka's 'referrers' are essentially being paid a slice of the traditional recruitment agency fee for matching people they now to job postings on the site.

Company employees - our Moles - register on TheCareerMole.com and, acting as ambassadors for their employer, make themselves available to be contacted by our community of candidates and Moles. Until the Mole receives a notification that they have been contacted by a candidate considering applying to the Moles' company the Mole is free to go about their day job. Their involvement is passive up to this point. This is in stark contrast to the Zubka model whereby their 'referrers' - equivalent to our Mole members - are expected to proactively construct profiles on their friends and then actively match these profiles to the job postings essentially devoting a chunk of their time to being a part time recruitment consultant!

At this point our Mole logs in to the site, reviews the candidate's CV that is waiting for him and screens and assess the candidates suitability to the company he works for based on his first hand experience of the minimum requirements and what it takes to be successful. If the candidate meets or exceeds the requirements an ongoing screening process takes place as the candidate and mole get to know each other. If the candidates decides they do want to apply and work at the Moles' company; and the Mole feels they have a good chance of success, the Mole can then submit the candidate through his company's employee referral scheme. If the candidate is successfully complete the recruitment process they get their dream job, and the Mole is rewarded for his efforts with a bonus - paid directly to him by his employer, not TheCareerMole.com - we just help people who might never have met each other before - introduce themselves to Moles.

If the company you work for has an employee referral programme, then join TheCareerMole.com as a Mole and start earning referral rewards directly from your employer.

Everyday we are adding new Moles and partnering with Employers to maximise the number of candidates they recruit through their corporate employee referral schemes. If you'd like to take your corporate referral volumes to the next level, contact us.

Glasto blues

Welcome back to everyone who has survived the mud fest that is Glastonbury! Whether you've been at a festival, or working extremely hard or just need to sort your work / life balance out - what could be better than winning 2 luxurious nights at a Champneys Health Resort for two people including a body massage and facial!

Click here for details on how to enter now.

Good luck!

The Mole
www.TheCareerMole.com

FYI Series 003 - ‘Mole Networking’

TheCareerMole.com is more than just an employee referral network – it’s also a business networking community. Unlike the current trend for social networking, TheCareerMole.com is designed specifically to stay in touch with business contacts, helping you keep your professional life separate from your social life throughout your career.

‘My Mole Network’ makes it easy to invite your friends and colleagues to join your own ‘Mole Network’. Once your friends and colleagues join you’ll not only boost your chances of winning the luxury Champneys break; you will never again lose touch with people you’ve worked with at every stage of your career through TheCareerMole.com.

Size Matters – Benefits of expanding your ‘Mole Network’:

• Never lose contact with valuable business contacts
• Send and receive ‘invitations to refer’ & job specs to your Mole Network
• Endorse each other increasing your chances of receiving ‘invites to refer’ from candidates and earning referral rewards!
• Increase your chance of winning the Champneys luxury break!
  

Expand your network and find your friends on TheCareerMole.com already:

1. Login to Mole Members Area
2. Click the 'Expand Network' button in the middle of the screen
3. Invite your friends and colleagues to join your network
4. 'Mole Networking - Done'
   

When your friends register as a Mole they will be automatically added to your 'Mole Network' making it easier for you to stay in touch. You never know when you might need to call on someone in your network for a favour or advice so make sure you can always contact them - add them to your Mole Network now.

If you’re using ‘My Mole Network’ to increase your chances of winning the luxury Champneys break makes sure you ask them to enter your full name on the Referred by field on the registration form!

Regards


The Mole
TheCareerMole.com
Network. Refer. Progress.

My Mole Network - Professional Networking, but better!

Our Mole members can already invite their work colleagues past and present to join their very own 'Mole Network' making it easier than ever before to stay in touch with your colleagues throughout your career.

You can either invite friends using their individual email addresses or import your contacts from Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo accounts.

We all know the benefits of professional networking but it's not the easiest thing to stay on top of. 'My Mole Network' makes it easier:

1. Login as a Mole


2. Click the 'Expand Network' button in the middle of the My Summary page


3. Invite your friends and colleagues to join your network

When your friends register as a Mole they are automatically added to your Mole Network making it easier for you to stay in touch with colleagues and friends for support, advice or just for a chat.

You never know when you might need to call on someone in your network for a favour or advice so make sure you can always contact them - add them to your Mole Network now

Regards

The Mole
www.TheCareerMole.com
Network. Refer. Progress.

FYI Series - 001: Ideal Candidate Profiles

In order to refer candidates as a Mole you must ensure your ideal candidate profile is complete.

To check whether your Ideal Candidate is complete find your Mole Profile on the Meet Our Moles and click on the Ideal Candidate button - you'll see this:

If any of the fields say 'To be completed' you must login and update before you can receive invites to refer and get the most out of TheCareerMole.com.

Benefit of IC Profiles to Moles:

• Once complete you can be contacted by potential candidates who you could potentially refer to your employer


• Reduce the number of unsuitable candidate introductions you receive by enabling The Mole to automatically match certain fields on the Candidate's CV against your Ideal Candidate Profile - if they don’t match the candidate is automatically rejected


• Increase the relevance and suitability of Candidate introductions you receive by adding more detail to your IC Profile and give candidates the information they need to objectively evaluate their chances of success, before they contact you

Benefit of IC Profiles to Candidates:

• Gain an insight into the minimum requirements and skills you must have to be successful at a company, and its individual departments, written by people actually doing the job


• Increase your chances of being accepted by Moles by carefully reading their IC Profile and ensuring you are a good match


• Don’t waste your Contact Credits - only contact Moles who are likely to accept your introduction

Hope that is useful. So in summary: Moles - make sure you login and complete your Ideal Candidate Profile; Candidates make sure you read the Ideal Candidate Profiles before contacting Moles!

Happy Referring!


The Mole
TheCareerMole.com
Network. Refer. Progress. ...Everyone's unfair advantage!

The Great Mole Hunt of 2007

Our aim is to bring the benefits of TheCareerMole.com to as many employees, job hunters and employers as possible. To do this we need your help to launch The Great Mole Hunt of 2007.

Look out for details soon, but there will be some great prizes for introducing your friends, colleagues and employers to TheCareerMole.com. To be in it to win it all you have to do is get your friends to join as a Mole and ensure they enter your full name in the 'Referred by' field on the registration form.

Every time your name is entered by your friends you will be entered in to the prize draw, so the more people you sign up the more chance you have of winning! In the meantime, watch this space for details of the prizes up for grabs!


The Mole
TheCareerMole.com
Network. Refer. Progress.

FYI Series - 002: Meet our Moles

If you haven't done so already, Meet our Moles now. Here you can search through Mole Profiles by industry and sector - You might recognise the profiles of your friends and colleagues…





Meet our Moles is the beating heart of TheCareerMole.com: Every Mole has a Profile which is displayed here and allows candidates to introduce themselves to Moles and gain a balanced insight into the Mole's company and job, before they decide to apply - via employee referral.

In addition to helping candidates make informed career decisions and referring relevant candidates to their employer's recruitment process, Moles can also use Meet our Moles to develop their own professional network with existing workmates and friends, as well as introducing themselves to talented professionals they have not yet had the opportunity to meet.

Start getting the most out of the TheCareerMole.com - join and start developing your own Mole Network with talented professionals.


Enjoy
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Network. Refer. Progress.
...Everyones 'unfair advantage!'